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I can see a couple of reasons why BAR didn't take the obvious option and swap the engines.
1. Could they prove to the FIA that the engines were damaged to justify a change? They could've been penalised even more and been forced to serve the 6 month suspended sentence!!
2. If the engine exploded they could have a bitch whinge about the FIA's rules.
3. Their race was already boned. So they could instead get this race out of the way and take a brand new engine to Canada.
ahhhhhhh i dont think i got one tip! stupid webber its all stupid
I agree with you Vivski, Amazing Race! the how good has the racing been this season!
Credit to Webber for taking the blame squarely on the chin, although i thought it was another Webber/Fisi incident all over again and neither were at fault. But my prediction was right, if he hadn't crashed he would have lost two places off the line! :D . Heidfeld's pace was deceptive with that fuel load, although he did end up with 2nd so can't be that slow.
Kimi's DNF was 50% his own fault though, not all bad luck, he did flat spot the tyre. It was a great finish anyways, but would have been nice to see Alonso pass him on the track on the last lap (and he would have, he was slow as under brakes).
And even though none of the damn commentators mentioned it, I will being as i'm a fisi fan. Starting from the PITLANE AND MAKES UP 14 PLACES, COUNT THEM, FOURTEEN!!!!! TO GET SIXTH!, and it would have been more if he wasn't stuck behind button for the entire middle stint. Who says he's not fast?!
David must be kicking himself too, but i reckon the previous owners of Red Bull (Ford) must be kicking themselves more. Red Bull have already been more successful than I ever remember Jag being!
Whats up with Michael? car must have speed but he just doesn't seem to have the same presence and drive anymore........ And i was never a fan of Jacques, and i think we're seeing his true speed now, i.e. none.
anyways, did i mention Fisi made up 14 places?! :D
Stayed up late to watch it and webber was out in 20 seconds so i went to bed hehehe....
whats up with the take off i think my car can launch better then webbers!!
Oh yes, in all my ranting, I forgot to mention Fisi. What an awesome effort from him!! To make up that many places is a brilliant drive from pit lane. He did get a bit lucky with his pit stops, somehow getting out infront of Montoya in the last stop.
It's strange with Kimi's tyre. I was first going to blame him 100% for the tyre problems. He did flat spot the tyre, but he wasn't really pushing all that hard. And if you looked closely, Montoya had a flat spot on the same tyre despite being stuck behind slower cars. Whenever he pushed to try and make a pass, the right front would lock up. Maybe it was just coincidence.
Strange that McLaren didn't change Kimi's tyre at his second stop. You could already see from the tyre was flat spotted from the onboard footage.
all i got to say is!
that was an amazing race! :)
whats the rules on changing a tyre for a flat spot? There's gotta be some sort of penalty or something otherwise they would have done it for sure. I know if it's a puncture you can change them but the FIA inspect it and a puncture is a bit more fatal to the tyre than a flat spot....Must be some ruling on it.
I almost thought fisi might have been fuelled to the end coz he had a 10.5 second stop for his first stop, but they must have given him a splash more so he could outlast button and do some leapfrogging, bet they didn't think he could leapfrog like 5 places!
BAR were being cautious, an unused engine for 5 weeks is unheard of, you would be shit scared to see if all the seals etc in the motor would even hold out. That being said, still farkin slow pace from them. DAMMIT. I only caught the last half of the race due to work, but from what I saw Heidfeld had a great drive. People who are a tad biased (I was in monaco, i was so happy alonso got passed by him) towards Webber tend to say he is the better racer but hasnt had the luck/car. I personally believe Heidfeld is a downright solid driver, and has proven moreso than Webber for my books. So pissed off that Kimi's tyre failed, but hey, the racer in him told him to go for the win, I probably would have done the same :) Also regarding changing the tyre, I am pretty sure if it is considered a danger safety wise (which it was, rubber was flaking away from the damn thing) then a change is feasible. F1 has a main emphasis on safety, so Raikonnen would have been allowed the change.
Ahh the grin on my face as Kimi's wheel came off!
Even Alonso looked pretty chuffed afterwards in the press conference and it seems like you very rarely get to see much emotion in there....
Oh Ferrari!!! What are you doing? Yes I am a Schumacher fan, but the reason I want to see Fez perform is so we can see some awesome racing for the top spots. There is always those 1 or 2 drivers streaks ahead of everyone else and then there is the mid-filed battle. I want to see them fighting for the number 1 spot!
But this season is great that's forsure...now if only we could see Ferrari up the front ,ixing it with them too!
Sorry bud, not gonna happen. All you Ferrari guys use the excuse of wanting a close championship, if you wanted that every year you wouldn't support Ferrari, cos for the last few years thats all it has been. DIE FERRARI!
easy easy lol:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Javed
Great race, I must admit I went to bed just after ralf came unstuck(Cause i was about to leave at lap 30, check results on the site, and stayed to see ralf crash)
Kimi's looked pretty bad, and I remember him flat spotting it a couple of times:thumbsup:
what an excellent race,real excitment. another shit performance from Bar and also webber.
Not really sure how u can say webber is doing better, i mean this is like what the 5th time this year Webber has gone off is it not? while Nh keeps his cool and finishes races. NH proved that in yesterdays race. he was only person who actually led the race and didn't make any kind of mistake. And i don't know how webber was on better stratergie as i feel he would of lost alot of time if he was doing a 2 stopper. Nh doing 3 stopper was still slower then renault and mcalren.